• Bethink

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /bɪˈθɪŋk/

    Origin

    From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen ("to think about, consider") from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan ("to think upon, remind, consider, remember") from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *þankijaną ("to think about"), equivalent to - + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan ("to bethink") (German bedenken ("to bethink")), Gothic , Dutch bedenken ("to bethink"). More at be-, think.

    Full definition of bethink

    Verb

    1. (obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
    2. (pronominal) To think of (something or somebody) or that (+ clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
      • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 49:However, and just before I was due to take the entrance exam at the age of thirteen, my mother bethought herself that it might be worth taking a look at the place where I was due to be conscripted for the next five formative years.
    3. to meditate, ponder; to consider
    4. to determine, resolve
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